diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index d08df435c2aaa779f4a82803dc68c0123f9e304a..3773154d9b7194aebad54bc63569450180c1ac4e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,6 @@ handle_response(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_proto_data *pd,
 static unsigned int
 ip_vs_out(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb, int af)
 {
-	struct net *net = ipvs->net;
 	struct ip_vs_iphdr iph;
 	struct ip_vs_protocol *pp;
 	struct ip_vs_proto_data *pd;
@@ -1272,7 +1271,7 @@ ip_vs_out(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb, in
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
 				if (af == AF_INET6) {
 					if (!skb->dev)
-						skb->dev = net->loopback_dev;
+						skb->dev = ipvs->net->loopback_dev;
 					icmpv6_send(skb,
 						    ICMPV6_DEST_UNREACH,
 						    ICMPV6_PORT_UNREACH,